Chapter 68

ISABELLA

It's very confusing because I love him and hate him at the same time. I wish it wasn't love and that I wasn't in love with him. I feel angry with myself when my eyes fixate on Lorenzo's lips.

Likewise, I love him, but I feel an ache in my heart when I remember him in the room with Ava.

Furthermore, I close my eyes again, trying to block out the intimacy of the kisses and touch and everything that happened between him and me during the intense sex. I strive to push the memories away and to stand firm against the storm that is Lorenzo.

"Do you think you can resist me?", he asks, his fingers tracing a path down my cheek. I shiver, an involuntary reaction to the closeness I want to avoid.

"I'll resist you, Lorenzo."

He laughs again, a sound that dominates the silence of the dark street. 

"You're so stubborn. But in the end, you'll be mine completely. At some point, you'll realize that there's no getting away from it, Bella."